Henrik gives Blomkvist the promised information against Wennerström, but it proves to be outdated. Finally free of her brother, Harriet returns to Sweden and tearfully reunites with Henrik. Her cousin, Anita, smuggled her off the island and let Harriet assume her identity in London, though Anita and her husband were later killed in a car accident. Martin continued the abuse after Gottfried's death. Harriet reveals that Gottfried sexually abused her when she was 14 for an entire year before she was able to defend herself, killing him in the process. They deduce that Harriet is alive and in hiding traveling to London, they find her. As she nurses Blomkvist back to health, Salander reveals that she was institutionalized after attempting to burn her father alive as a child. Pursued by Salander on her motorcycle, Martin runs his car off the road and hits a propane tank, which blows up the car and kills him. As Martin prepares to kill Blomkvist, Salander arrives and wounds Martin, forcing him to flee. Martin brags about killing and raping women for decades, like his father, but admits to not knowing what happened to Harriet. While looking for more proof, Blomkvist gets caught by Martin, gassed unconscious, and restrained in a specially prepared basement. The pair learn that Harriet's late father, Gottfried, and later Martin, her brother, committed the murders. Another night, a bullet grazes his forehead after Salander tends to his wounds, they have sex. One morning, Blomkvist finds the mutilated corpse of his cat on the doorstep. Many of the victims have Jewish names, making her theorize that the murders could have been motivated by antisemitism. She discovers a connection between the list and young women brutally murdered from 1947 to 1967, indicating a serial killer. He uncovers a list of names and numbers that are Bible verse references and recruits Salander as his research assistant. Using the recording she made, she blackmails him into giving her financial independence and ceasing contact with her.īlomkvist explores the island and interviews Vanger's relatives, some of whom were Nazi sympathizers during World War II. At their next meeting, Salander tasers Bjurman, binds him, rapes him with a dildo, and tattoos "I'm a rapist pig" across his chest. In one meeting, Bjurman chains Salander to his bed and brutally rapes her, unaware his action is recorded. Bjurman controls Salander's finances and extorts sexual favors by threatening to have her institutionalized. Lisbeth Salander is an asocial investigator and hacker who is antagonized by her state-appointed guardian Nils Bjurman. Blomkvist moves into a cottage on the Vanger family estate on Hedestad Island and starts his investigation. The wealthy Henrik Vanger offers Blomkvist evidence against Wennerström in exchange for an unusual task: investigate the 40-year-old disappearance and presumed murder of Henrik's grandniece, 16-year-old Harriet.Įvery year, Vanger receives a framed pressed flower, the type she always gave him on his birthday. In Stockholm, journalist Mikael Blomkvist is recovering from the legal and professional fallout of a libel suit brought against him by businessman Hans-Erik Wennerström. The film was chosen by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2011 and was a candidate for numerous awards, winning, among others, the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, while Mara's performance earned her an nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. A critical and commercial success, the film grossed $232.6 million on a $90 million budget and received widespread critical acclaim, with praise for Craig and Mara's performances as well as Fincher's direction, the score, and the film's tone and visuals. The film premiered at Odeon Leicester Square in London on December 12, 2011. The script took over six months to write, which included three months of analyzing the novel. The casting process for the lead roles was exhaustive and intense Craig faced scheduling conflicts, and a number of actresses were sought for the role of Lisbeth Salander. It took the company a few months to obtain the rights to the novel, while also recruiting Zaillian and Fincher. Sony Pictures Entertainment began development on the film in 2009, a co-production of the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden and Germany. He recruits the help of Salander, a computer hacker. Starring Daniel Craig as journalist Mikael Blomkvist and Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander, it tells the story of Blomkvist's investigation to find out what happened to a girl from a wealthy family who disappeared 40 years ago. It was directed by David Fincher with a screenplay by Steven Zaillian. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a 2011 mystery thriller film based on the 2005 novel by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson.
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